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AMD ATI Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCIe

The Radeon HD 6950 GPU has been fabricated using the 40nm process, yet AMD has squeezed in 486 million more transistors resulting in a die increase of 16%. The GPU core is clocked at 800MHz and the GDDR5 memory operates at 1250MHz. Pairing that frequency with a 256-bit wide memory bus gives the Radeon HD 6950 a theoretical bandwidth of 160GB/s.

Based on 13 reviews

Excellent:

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Good:

7
Average:

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Bad:

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Pros

Good performance.
Support for full range of new technologies, including DirectX 11.
Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing.
Excellent feature set.
Strong Price to Performance Ratio.

Cons

Competing cards offer better value or stronger performance.
Strong competition doesn't cost much more.

By TechSpot on December 27, 2010

Earlier this month we saw the Radeon HD 6970 clash against the GeForce GTX 570 and while each card showed its strengths and weakness across the 14 games that we tested with, in the end they delivered much the same performance at 1920x1200. The Radeon...

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By BeHardware on January 24, 2011

Moreover, these new Radeons do very well in CrossFire X and with a default of 2 GB of memory, they’re probably very good candidates for a multi-GPU upgrade, when the right time arrives. As things stand, such a system will allow you to set yourself up...

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By Good Gear Guide on January 14, 2011

The AMD Radeon HD 6950 is an excellent graphics card for gamers and overclocking enthusiasts; especially if you're on a budget. It offers plenty of upgrade incentives for the asking price. Highly recommended....

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By About.com on December 22, 2010

Buy DirectDec 15 2010 - Along with the launch of the AMD Radeon HD 6970 comes the release of its sister, the AMD HD 6850. This card is priced more aggressively starting at $299 in the e-tail market. Equipped with the same amount of GDDR5 memory (2GB)...

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By PC Advisor on December 20, 2010

AMD Radeon HD 6950 sits dead last in our benchmarks and testing, but it just might be our favourite card of the bunch. It manages to stay fairly competitive with graphics cards that are more expensive, while offering a versatile array of display...

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By Expreview on December 18, 2010

Touchstone Of New ArchitectureMany people are full of expectation towards Radeon HD 6970 featuring new architecture,hoping that the card can have a wonderful battle with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580.However,the reality is always cruel,the fact has...

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By Bit-tech.net on December 16, 2010

We spotted a few weeks ago that HD 5870 1GB prices had collapsed to around the £230 mark and its now obvious why: the Radeon HD 6950 2GB, while occasionally making use of its extra memory to take a lead over the old warhorse, performs roughly on...

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By Bjorn3D on December 15, 2010

The HD6970 and HD6950 use the Cayman GPU. They are both built with the 40nm process, and the main difference between the two is that the HD6970 has slightly more stream processors and texture units than the HD6950, and it is also clocked slightly...

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By PC Mag on December 15, 2010

Priced at just under $300, the AMD Radeon HD 6950 would seem well poised to capture the cost-conscious sensible-enthusiast market, but this video card doesn't offer the performance to turn heads....

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By TechRadar on December 15, 2010

Christmas time means pressie buying time means new graphics card time. Especially if your new graphics cards have been delayed as long as the AMD Radeon HD 6950 has.We've already looked at its big brother, the AMD Radeon HD 6970. Despite some...

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